Lace tip



LACE TIP Original Filed Aug. 22, 1932 INVENTOR ATTORNEY .J. STANGLER1,970,152

Patented Aug. 14, 1934 LACE Till? Jack Stangler, Comstock, N. Y.

Application August 22, 1932, Serial No. 629,777 Renewed January 22, 19343 Claims.

The invention is a lace that may be used for shoe strings or the likehaving a tip with projections extending at the end which may be bentoutward to hold the lace in an eyelet or the like.

The object of the invention is to provide a lace having a tip that mayreadily be bent outward to hold the lace in an eyelet.

Another object of the invention is to provide a tip for holding the endof a lace cord or the like in a holder.

Another object of the invention is to provide a tip for holding the endof a lace or the like in an opening which may readily be attached to thelace.

A further object of the invention is to provide a tip that may readilybe attached to the end of a lace or the like which may be bent by handto hold the lace in an opening.

And a still further object of the invention is to provide a tip forholding the tip of a lace which is of a simple and economicalconstruction.

With these ends in View the invention embodies a tip formed of a thinpiece of metal that may readily be crimped on the end of a lace or thelike in which the tip is provided with extensions that'may readily bebent outward to hold the lace in an opening.

Other features and advantages of the invention will appear from thefollowing description taken in connection with the drawing, wherein:

Figure 1 is a view showing the device as it may be used in a shoe.

Figure 2 is a view showing a lace with tips on the ends thereof.

Figure 3 is a view showing a tip on an enlarged scale in which twoextensions are provided at the end thereof and with the projectionsslightly open.

Figure 4 is a View looking toward the end of the tip with the extensionsopened and showing four extensions.

Figure 5 is a cross section thru a piece of material, that may be aportion of a shoe showing the end of a lace held therein.

Figure 6 is a View showing a tip as it may be stamped from a piece ofmaterial and before it is crimped on the lace.

Figure 7 is a detail showing a cross section thru a tip fastened to theend of a lace or the like.

In the drawing the device is shown as it would be made wherein numeral 1indicates the body of the clip, numeral 2 the projections or extensions,and numeral 3 a lace to which the clip may be attached.

The body of the clip 1 may be made of a flat piece of material, as shownin Figure 6, or may be made tubular, as shown in Figures 3 and 7, or ofany other shape or design. At one end of the body are the projections 2which extend outward and it will be understood that these projectionsmay be of any shape or design and the clip may be formed of any numberof projections. It will be noted that the body 1 may be stamped from aflat piece of material, as shown in Figure 6, and then folded over orcrimped around the end of a lace, 55 as shown in Figures 3 and '7, andindentations 4 may be made therein to hold the clip in place. It will beunderstood that any other means may be used for holding the clip to theend of the lace and also that the projections may be formed at the endof the body by any other means.

It will be understood that other changes may be made in the devicewithout departing from the spirit of the invention. One of which changesmay be in the use of other means for providing 7 projecting pieces ofmaterial at the end of the lace that may readily be bent outward to holdthe lace in place, another may be in the use of a tubular body, as shownin Figure 3, and the projections may be formed thereon by splitting thetube, as 8 shown, and still another may be in the use of the clip forany other purpose other than the lace, as shown and described.

The constructionwill bereadily understood from the foregoingdescription. In use the clip may be formed, as shown in Figure 6, withany number of projections extending therefrom, and this may be bent overor around a lace and crimped thereto so that it will be permanentlyattached to the lace, by any means desired. It is preferred to use anelastic lace when using the device for shoes and the lace may be lacedin the shoe, as shown in Figure 1, or in any other manner. Wheninserting the lace one end may be inserted thru an eyelet 5 and theother laced thru the other eyelets, as shown, so that the free end maybe placed thru an eyelet 6. When the ends are placed thru the eyeletsthe projections 2 may be bent outward by hand, as shown in Figures 4 and5, and it will be noted that these projections will hold the lace in theeyelets and by using an elastic lace it will be possible to put the shoeon and oif without removing the clips. It will be understood that theclip may also be used on laces or cords of any other description and forany other purpose. The essential feature being that the clips areattached to the ends of a lace, as shown in Figure 2, and as the ends ofthe lace are inserted thru eyelets the projections 2 are opened to holdthe ends therein. It will also be noted that the projections may be bentbackward to the original position should it be desired to remove thelace.

Having thus fully described the invention what I claim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. In a clip for laces or the like, a member having projectionsextending therefrom adapted to be crimped to the end of a lace, and saidprojections extending parallel to the axis of the lace and adapted to bebent to positions perpendicular to the axis of the lace.

2. In a clip for laces or the like, a cylindrical member adapted to becrimped over the end of a.

lace with the end of the lace stopping about midway thereof, the portionof said member extending beyond the end of the lace having slitstherein, and the portions between the slits adapted to be bent at rightangles to the axis of the member.

3. In a clip for laces or the like, a member adapted to be secured tothe end of a lace with a portion thereof extending beyond the end of thelace, said extending portion adapted to be bent outward to secure theend of the lace in an eyelet or the like.

JACK STANGLER.

